A fugitive British gangster who has been in Spain ten years has been arrested.

He was detained in an isolated inland property in Valencia province.

Feb 13, 2015 - 1:34 PM

Civil Guard agents caught the 60 year old man, who had been living in Spain under a false name, according to a statement today.

The British fugutive - Photo Guardia Civil

The man escaped from the UK on his first prison pass after five years, after being sent to jail for fourteen years for his implication in at least five violent and armed thefts on British bank branches. To get into Spain he used the passport of another traveller and then he fixed his residence in the Valencia town of Turís where he kept the same false name.

The investigation was carried out by agents from the Judicial Police Team of the Ribarroja Guardia Civil, and they closed in his rural house in the hamlet of Real de Montroy (Valencia).

There was also collaboration with the Fugitives from Justice Group from the Guardia Civil and with an exchange of information with British police and judicial authorities.

The man and the cause have now been placed before the Central Instruction Court 5 of the National Court.